RNSETT ANNIVERSARY: Presented to Cdr D C Lewis BA RN by the Commanding Officer and Staff of RNSETT HMS Nelson on the Supersession of His Command 7 September 1984 [Main Title]
Title:RNSETT ANNIVERSARY: Presented to Cdr D C Lewis BA RN by the Commanding Officer and Staff of RNSETT HMS Nelson on the Supersession of His Command 7 September 1984 [Main Title]
Film Number:BFO 120
Other titles:COLLECTION OF ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE TAPES [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A humorous film showing some the highlights from the Royal Naval School of Educational and Training Technology (RNSETT) base, Portsmouth, between 1983 and 1995.
Description: The film starts with a collection of examples on how not to approach training a classroom of Naval cadets, focusing specifically on clarity, pace, volume, bearing, instructor / student relationship.
Inter title reading: PRESENTED TO CDR. D. C. LEWIS B.R., R.N., BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER AND STAFF OF RNSETT HMS NELSON, ON THE SUPERSESSION OF HIS COMMAND 7 SEP 1984.
A plaque showing the commanding officers of RNSETT and their respective dates of command lists; A/INSTR. COMMANDER REB BUDGETT, MA, RN, FEB 71 - AUG 71; INSTR. COMMANDER DE CRIPPS, BSC, RN, AUG 71 - SEP 75; COMMANDER TK CROPPER, BSC, MA, RN, SEP 75 - NOV 78; COMMANDER BW DRINKALL, BSC, RN, NOV 78 - SEP 82; COMMANDER DC LEWIS, BS, RN, SEP 82. Footage of Commander Lewis empty office and desk, followed by a social gathering in what is presumably the officers mess. The following day, Commander Lewis is paraded around the site on a cart, along with his articles of desk furniture, including a pot plant.
Film moves on to a TERM UPDATE, which shows some of the years highlights. A new studio on the RNSETT site being opened by Rear Admiral Frank Grinnier on 21 November of an unspecified year. Clips of appraisals, teaching and interviews. Office staff take on an assault course. An evening barbeque and social gathering around 1993.
A humorous, spoof documentary style production follows, celebrating the 1991 retirement of Chief Petty officer Geoff Hill, who has served 20 years at RNSETT, since it first opened.
Group photographs of the officers of the RNSETT unit since opening in 1971, including the following years; 1971,1973,1975 and 1977 to 1995 inclusive.
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE TAPES [Allocated Series Title]
